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2012 BAFTA Videogame Nominations
The Gorfaine/Schwart z Agency Expands
Euro Composer Roster
The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency,
widely recognised as one of
the entertainment industry’s
pre-eminent organisations for
representing music talent, boasts a
star-studded movie and TV
composer roster featuring such
luminaries as John Williams, Michael
Giacchino, James Newton Howard,
Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Thomas
Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams,
W.G. Snuffy Walden, Mark Snow, and
Gabriel Mann.
It also represents an elite rank
of highly decorated composers
currently working in interactive
media whose diverse portfolio
includes Assassin’s Creed (Jesper
Kyd), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
(Brian Tyler) and Dead Space (Jason
Graves). And now, its videogame
ranks have been swelled with four
new Euro-composer signings:
Richard Jacques (James Bond
007: Blood Stone, Littlebigplanet 2)
BAFTA Original Music Nomination,
Ivor Novello Best Original Video
Game Score Nomination, GANG Best
Original Instrumental Award.
James Hannigan (Harry Potter)
This year’s nominations for Audio Achievement are:
Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dead Space 2
This year’s nominations for Original Music are:
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
The winners will be announced at The GAME British Academy Video Games
Awards, which take place at the London Hilton, Park Lane on March 16, 2012.
BAFTA Award Winner and 5-time
Nominee.
Ian Livingstone (Total War) Ivor
Novello Best Original Video Game
Score Award.
Boris Salchow (Resistance 3)
Classical MPR 2011 Best Soundtracks.
A talent agent for The Gorfaine/
Schwartz Agency since 1993, Cheryl
Tiano originally studied music
composition at Berklee College of
Music and California Institute of the
Arts, where she also found passion
for the business side of the music
industry. She then spent several
years working with prestigious
concert music organizations
including the Monday Evening
Concerts at The Los Angeles
Country Museum of Art, which was
well-known around the world for
its performances and premieres
of original concert works by 20th
Century composing icons. Today her
role is representing extraordinary
composers for all forms of visual
media. In addition to her extensive
work as an agent in the film and
television arenas, she spearheaded
the agency’s interactive division.
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Speaking from Burbank, California,
Ms Tiano told Audio Media:
“I believe interactive
entertainment is the medium
of choice for the 21st Century.
When it was first made known to
me I became very intrigued with
the world of games and found it
consisted of some of
the most interesting,
intelligent, and creative
people I have ever
known. I became really
passionate about it and
decided that, in addition
to film and television,
interactive media
should be a major focus
for our agency. It’s now
an incredibly significant part of
our business.
“In games, I generally see
composers being treated with an
enormous amount of respect and
often afforded a great amount of
creative freedom. I would say that’s
why a lot of our composers who
write for films want to score games
because they enjoy the process.
And the people they’re dealing
Cheryl Tiano.
with are often very creative - it’s an
amazing collaborative experience.
“I believe the game soundtrack
business is also growing in
significance – one thing I find
really wonderful is how, to
the person that’s playing the
game, the music is such a rich
part of the experience.
They’re hearing the music
over and over unlike with
a film where you hear the
music once. It’s very much
a part of the game players’
lives – the first time I
went to a Video Games
Live symphony concert
of videogame music, I
was totally blown away.
The fans know every note of
the music and it’s a great way
of keeping orchestral music alive
for younger people.”
GSA composers are set for
another benchmark year in 2012
working on highly anticipated
AAA videogame titles such as
Darksiders II, Far Cry 3, Prey 2, and
many others to be announced.
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